1. 1 THE TERM PROJECT GUIDELINES YONATAN RESHEF MANAGING FOR QUALITY September-December, 2009

2. 2 INTRODUCTION STATE CLEARLY YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION/ARGUMENT WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS QUESTION DATA SOURCES THE STRUCTURE OF THE PAPER

3. 3 RESEARCH SETTING DESCRIBE THE COMPANY YOU STUDY ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE INDUSTRY WORKFORCE SIZE AGE STATE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE

4. 4 ANALYSIS ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU HAVE ASKED IN THE INTRODUCTION TEST YOUR ARGUMENT USE YOUR INTERVIEW DATA USE THE RELEVANT LITERATURE USE INTERNET RESOURCES

5. 5 DISCUSSION FINDINGS RECOMMENDATIONS CONCLUSIONS

6. 6 WHAT IS DR. RESHEF LOOKING FOR? ANALYSIS –GOOD ANALYSIS IS CRITICAL TO WRITING A HIGH-QUALITY PAPER –THIS IS WHERE YOU ANSWER YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION; WHERE YOU CONFIRM YOUR ARGUMENT

7. 7 WHAT IS DR. RESHEF LOOKING FOR? RESEARCH –YOU CANNOT WRITE A RESEARCH PAPER WITHOUT USING VARIOUS SOURCES TO SUBSTANTIATE YOUR ARGUMENTS –USE MORE THAN JUST INTERNET SOURCES; USE HARD DATA TO GROUND ARGUMENTS –ALL THE SOURCES THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE REFERENCE LIST MUST BE INTEGRATED INTO THE PAPER AND VICE VERSA

8. 8 WHAT IS DR. RESHEF LOOKING FOR? ORGANIZATION –WRITE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION WHICH CLEARLY STATES YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION/ARGUMENT –USE HEADLINES –MAKE SURE THAT THE FLOW BETWEEN THEMES IS SMOOTH –VERIFY THAT ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE REFERENCE LIST ARE USED IN THE PAPER; AND THAT ALL THE ITEMS USED IN THE PAPER ARE INCLUDED IN THE REFERENCE LIST –CONCLUSIONS: DO NOT INTRODUCE NEW ARGUMENTS IN THIS SECTION –PROVIDE A REFERENCE LIST WITH ALL THE INTERNET SOURCES

9. 9 WHAT IS DR. RESHEF LOOKING FOR? PRESENTATION –TABLE OF CONTENTS – PAGE NUMBERS – HEADLINES – GENEROUS MARGINS -- 1" ALL AROUND – DOUBLE-SPACED TEXT –12 CPI FONT SIZE – DON ’ T END A PAGE WITH A HEADLINE